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Cleaning/Rinsing Grain | Soaking Grain | Toasting Grain Preparation of whole grains before cooking is fairly simple: most require only washing or soaking before they can be cooked.

 

Lentil Preparation | Lentil Cooking Lentils Lentils are legumes that generally have a rich nutty flavor. They are grown in pods, which contain one or two seeds each.

Orange Preparation | Freezing Oranges | Orange Recipes | Tips Oranges A baseball-sized citrus fruit that generally has an orange skin and flesh that is a segmented ball of pulp and juice wrapped in a thin semi-transparent membrane.

Lime Preparation | Lime Recipes | Tips Limes A small green citrus fruit providing juice or peel that is added to food dishes for a refreshing, tart flavor. It is the smallest of the citrus fruit family.

The USDA recommends 2 or 3 servings of meat, fish, or poultry per day. A serving of any type of cooked meat is equal to 3 ounces and is about the size of a deck of cards. Concerns over saturated fat and cholesterol have caused many people to reduce or eliminate their consumption of many types of red meat and to choose a healthier alternative such as turkey.

Lemon Preparation | Lemon Recipes | Tips Lemons An oval shaped, yellow citrus fruit with flesh that is generally contained in 8 to 10 segments. It has a bright yellow skin that can be thin and lightly textured or thick and heavier textured.

A wok, which has deep tapered sides, is a traditional type pan used for stir-frying. A wok works well but is not a necessity. A nonstick deep skillet also works very well. If rice noodles or mung bean noodles are going to be added to the stir-fry, they are sometimes deep-fried in the wok or deep skillet first and then set aside while other ingredients are stir-fried according to the recipe.

Holiday Wine | Holiday Ice Ring | Cranberry TeaHoliday Cocktail Tips | Wine for Turkey and Ham"User Friendly" Wines Cranberry Tea Ingredients: 3 1/2 quarts water 1 pkg.

General Guidelines for Rotisserie Grilling of TurkeyRotisserie Grilling Using a Charcoal GrillRotisserie Grilling Using a Gas Grill | Turkey Doneness Rotisserie grilling requires three key components: The spit assembly, a means to turn the spit, and a heat source for cooking.

Braising | Stewing Braising and stewing involve the slow cooking of meat in a liquid. This technique tenderizes and softens firm or tough cuts and allows for rich and subtle blending of the meat flavors with those of the liquid and seasonings.

Types of Grills | Outdoor Grill Setup | Direct Heat Grilling | Indirect Heat Grilling The grilling process cooks foods with a high heat source, either directly, indirectly, or with a combination of both.

Carrot Preparation | Carrot Cooking | Tips Carrots A plant of the parsley family with feathery green leaves and an orange root that can be eaten raw or cooked.

Extreme care is necessary to ensure safety when deep-frying a whole turkey. Because the required equipment can be cumbersome and the large quantity of hot oil necessary for cooking a whole bird can be dangerous, deep-frying a whole turkey is much less safe than deep-frying food on a smaller scale.

What You Need: 14 cups fresh corn on the cob, approximately 24-30 ears of corn 3/4 cup sugar 1/8 cup salt 7 cups water   Plastic sealable freezer bags Preparation for Freezing Corn: Peel back the husk removing it from the corn cob.

Blueberries A small, round, dark blue skinned berry native to North America. They are grown mostly in Northern United States and Canada. Some can be found grown in Northern Europe and Australia.

Bananas Native to tropical regions, a banana has a tough outer peel that may be yellow, red, green, or black when ripe. All varieties have a sweet fragrance when ripe and contain a soft creamy flesh inside that may be white, yellow or pinkish cream colored.

Winter Squash Preparation | Winter Squash Cooking | Tips Winter Squash Squash: The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.

Greens Preparation | Greens Cooking | Tips Greens A generic name given to several types of leafy vegetables such as spinach, mustard greens, escarole, dandelion, and turnip greens that are often used in salads.

Fresh Beans | Fresh Bean Preparation | Fresh Bean Cooking | Fresh Bean TipsDried Beans | Dried Bean Preparation | Dried Bean Cooking Beans A generic name given to various plants in the legume family.